OIKOSKEPSI / ΟΙΚΟΣΚΕΨΗ, Systems Thinking and Decision Making Skills for Elementary Students

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The programme OIKOSKEPSI was funded by the Research Promotion Foundation and concerned the development of the systems thinking skills and decision making skills of 11-13 year-old students in the frame of a scenario regarding ecological disturbance.

The research project OIKOSKEPSI was funded by the Research Promotion Foundation. This program combines an epistemological tool (modelling) with fundamental skills of the knowledge society (systemic thinking) with the aim of familiarising students aged 11-13 with decision-making processes within scenarios of environmental disruption. The overall objective of this project was the development, implementation and evaluation of sequences of teaching activities for growing systemic thinking and decision making skills through modelling using the Software Creator Worlds (Stagecast CreatorTM).

The problem:

There are limited resources for teaching systems thinking within science, especially for younger students, involving the designing of a learning environment with the potential to support elementary school students in their effort to develop their systems thinking skills.

The purpose:

The purpose of the project is to investigate the impact of a simulation-based learning environment on elementary school students’ development of systems thinking skills.

 

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